Results tagged with 'advice'

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The effect of other people's opinions (OPO) can be extremely powerful. Input from a collective group can be helpful, valuable and quite constructive. On the flipside, there are times when unsolicited OPO makes its way into your life.

Sometimes I'm absolutely amazed at how stupid I can be in a restaurant. I have no idea how many times I've asked a server a question that goes something like, "Is it good?" or "how's the (fill in the blank)?"

Just before I left for spring training, the father of a 5-year-old girl in California e-mailed and asked if I would write his daughter a letter--for her 16th birthday-- in 2019. Talk about pre-planning a present.

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Saturday December 21st, 2013 – LaGrange, IL/Milwaukee, WI One of the very best pieces of advice I ever got was from a guy I worked with in radio in Reno in the ‘90s. His radio name was Bob Garrison, but his real name is Marty Beimer. It’s funny how many radio people ...

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I can not believe my guy, Eddie Vedder did that to me. I mean, he's written alot of songs that I have identified with over the years, some moreso than others, but this time... Wow. Not only was he dead on, he was painfully so. The latest Pearl Jam album,"L...

Help! We need somebody. Fortunately, it can be any body. Giving a hand can be easy. Offering our services up for the needs of others are something collectively we as a country are known for. However, asking for help is difficult. Rather unselfishly, we tend to think of help in terms of the holid...

Ten years ago this month, my life changed. The security blanket of high school had been removed, and I was going away to college. Being a person who tends to fear the unknown, I was initially terrified. A decade later, I can honestly say that college was the best time in my life, at least so fa...